All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Apr 4 2008 // Markel Insurance Company today announced that it has acquired Specialized Insurance, Inc., of Blair, Neb. Specialized Insurance provides admitted garage program coverage primarily in the western United States, with...
Apr 1 2008 // Employees who witness violent acts and suffer mental illnesses as a result would be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits under a bill discussed Thursday by state lawmakers.Several senators raised concerns...
Mar 21 2008 // Nebraska state lawmakers signed off on a nearly $10 million settlement between the state and the mother of a man injured in a traffic accident ago nine years ago.The Legislature gave first-round approval to paying that and...
Feb 25 2008 // The Nebraska Supreme Court has refused to reinstate a lawsuit against State Farm in a dispute over whether the insurance company delivered the medical coverage it promised in its automobile policies.The Supreme...
Feb 12 2008 // A national insurance group testified today against a bill to abolish Nebraska’s law regulating credit-based insurance scoring saying the practice benefits a majority of Nebraska consumers.The Washington, D.C.-based...
Feb 10 2008 // Although it’s been many years since See’s Candies President Brad Kinstler was at the helm of an insurance company, and even longer since he was involved in underwriting and claims handling, he still embodies...
Dec 20 2007 // New figures show about $2.3 million in damages from last week’s ice storm in southeast Nebraska.It’s more than double the figure released last week, which didn’t include damage in Falls City, the area...
Dec 3 2007 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) today bestowed its Esprit de Corps Award to the Nebraska Department of Insurance. This is the second time the NAIC has given the award.Nebraska Insurance Director...
Nov 30 2007 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance is getting a new, permanent boss.She’s Ann Frohman, who has been acting director since the death in October of Director Tim Wagner. The 44-year-old Frohman has been deputy...
Nov 6 2007 // The state of Nebraska discriminated against its black employees because state workers who live in Lincoln and Omaha were offered inferior health insurance than their counterparts in other parts of the state, according to a...
Oct 17 2007 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced earlier this month that James Almond III, dba Viking Glass, was sentenced by District Court Judge Thomas Otepka on three felony counts of insurance fraud.Almond had been...
Aug 20 2007 // The Nebraska Supreme Court restored a jury award on Friday, Aug. 17 granting a La Vista keno owner $1.6 million in a malpractice case against the state’s second-largest law firm.The court decision gave Richard T....
Jul 27 2007 // A Hastings company is recalling about 5,900 pounds of ground beef and buffalo products distributed in Nebraska and Colorado because they could be contaminated with a dangerous strain of E. coli, the government said...
Jul 23 2007 // Deaths from accidents have been increasing in Nebraska, becoming the fourth overall leading cause of death, according to figures from the Nebraska Safety Council.Accidental deaths had not ranked that high since 1998, but...
Jul 23 2007 // Deaths from accidents have been increasing in Nebraska, becoming the fourth overall leading cause of death, according to figures from the Nebraska Safety Council.Accidental deaths had not ranked that high since 1998, but...
Jul 10 2007 // Deaths from accidents were increasing in Nebraska, becoming the fourth overall leading cause of death, according to figures from the Nebraska Safety Council.Accidental deaths had not ranked that high since 1998, but...
May 18 2007 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance and UnitedHealthcare have settled complaints about the company’s past claims process, with the company agreeing to pay the largest fine ever imposed by the department,...
Apr 24 2007 // Power districts across the state will receive at least $109 million in federal assistance for winter storm recovery efforts.The Federal Emergency Management Agency grants include $79.1 million for the Nebraska Public Power...
Apr 23 2007 // In early April lawmakers in Nebraska’s Unicameral Legislature broke a filibuster and gave first-round approval to a bill that could open parks that have closed following a state Supreme Court decision.State Sen....